Bangkok Bomb Raises Stakes in Standoff

A small bomb went off outside a Bangkok police station as anti-government protesters continued their occupation of the Thai prime minister's office for a seventh day. Although nobody was injured in the blast, a senior government source told Reuters that the People's Alliance for Democracy "has launched a guerrilla war with us." The PAD denied responsibility for the explosion.

The PAD, a collection of monarchists, business leaders and youth activists, is trying to force out the government of Samak Sundaravej, which it calls a front for the exiled Thaksin Shinawatra. In a radio address yesterday, Samak vowed again that he would not resign. A resolution to the stalemate remains unclear. if neither side caves in, the prime minister could call an early election—or the army or king could intervene. (More People's Alliance for Democracy stories.)